----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003
6:51 AM
Subject: RE: [Sndbox] FL. Boy fined
on bike
Well I guess I can just understand
that things are accidental. People used to understand that.
Now someone has to be "at fault". Well sometimes things are just an
accident and blame isn't the issue. My thought is the driver of the
car should have been tickled pink he didn't kill the kid, because if he
had accidental or not he would have lived with that memory the rest of his
life.
Charles
Mims
Now wait a minute, you would
say that if the kid were 19? Just because it was accidental? What
percentage of accidents are on purpose? lol I dare say not many, should
they not give tickets then to all of those accidents because they weren't
on purpose? I for one, don't see it happening.
I know some of what you were
saying, but that first part...I don't see. Someone might accidentally hit
my car, but bubba they better get a ticket or I'm not going to be a happy
camper. lol
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003
9:59 PM
Subject: RE: [Sndbox] FL. Boy fined
on bike
Depends Angela. If the kid (or
the 19 y/o) was jumping the hill and it was accidental then yes I'd be
saying the same thing. It's not like this kid got it in his head,
hey I'm going to go see if I can score a car this afternoon. There
are things that are just accidents. This, IMHO, was one of those
things. It was an accident. Accidents happen. Could he
have gotten hurt? Yes, sure. We could have gotten hurt at
camp when we set people's underwear on fire with a torch made from a
match and a can of off too.
We've gotten to the point where we
want to legislate every aspect of life. Wear a helmet on your bike
kid, don't jump a sand hill kid, no swimming in the pond by the quarry
kid it might be dangerous. Sometimes life is a little
dangerous. And sometimes accidents happen.
It's a good thing I'm not a kid
today, because there is no way in the world I'd wear a helmet to ride a
freaking bicycle. And I'd probably jump a few sand hills.
God knows I jumped over my share of picnic tables on one. I've
even hit a car or two on accident. No one made a federal crime out
of it. If punishment was deserved my family took care of it.
There was no need to bring the cops into it.
That's partly what is wrong with
society these days. Everyone wants to either call the cops or sue
over things that really are unimportant.
Charles
Mims
But throwing a rock through someones window didn't put your life
in danger (except for maybe by your grandfather). When you are out on
the street, riding a bike, if you don't use common sense you can be
killed. I agree maybe for the first offense try talking it out with the
parents, but if that doesn't work, then fine him. If talking to him
doesn't teach him the lesson, maybe having to pay a fine will. But I do
think this teaches kids at an early age that their parents can't always
get them out of a situation they have gotten themselves into. Would you
all be bitching if it was a 19 y/o that was riding his bike and hit a
car?
Sure, but what ever happened to
parents talking out a problem like this? When I was about 10 or
so I threw a rock through a window. That was illegal.
Destruction of private property you know. I suppose they could
have called the cops you know...I was even technically
trespassing. You know how it was handled? My grandfather
went to the people's window I broke and made a deal. He would
pay to fix the window and handle my punishment. You know
what? It worked. There is absolutely no reason that same
kind of common sense couldn't have worked in the issue being
discussed.
Charles
Mims
Last I checked, kid or adult not obeying the rules of the road
was illegal too. If they are going to be on their bikes in the road
they have to obey laws just like anyone else regardless of
age.
In a message
dated 11/5/2003 6:45:52 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
What I
don't understand is why no one feels that a kid on a bike has to
obey rules of the road and rights of way the same as anyone else
on the road. I know....I'll just go out in my car and start
hitting people.
maybe some people feel that kids are just
kids and they can make mistakes. the kid wasnt out in the road
trying to run people off the street, he was playing with friends.
Last time i checked that wasnt a major crime however
hitting pedestrians is :))
________________________________
Changes to your
subscription (unsubs, nomail, digest) can be made by going to
http://sandboxmail.net/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net
